IC 2589
IC 2589
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2589 as it looked roughly 171 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2594Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3282Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3282Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).